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. 2022 Feb 9;41(12):1821–1834. doi: 10.1038/s41388-022-02212-1

Fig. 5. DDR1 promotes the migration, invasion and metastasis of HCC cells through ARF6.

Fig. 5

DDR1-overexpressing SK-Hep1 (A) and Hep3B (B) cells were stably transfected with scramble or shARF6 (shARF6#1 and shARF6#2) plasmids to generate control (vector+scramble), DDR1-overexpressing (DDR1 + scramble), and DDR1-overexpressing but ARF6-knockdown (DDR1 + shARF6#1 and DDR1 + shARF6#2) stable cells. A, B, E Trans-well migration and invasion assays, wound healing assays were performed in indicated cells. C Lung metastasis from nude mice injected with SK-Hep1 and HLF cells by tail veins from both groups killed at 8 weeks, was measured by bioluminescent imaging (BLI), representative images of lung tissue sections, and number of lung metastatic foci in both groups (n = 9). D Representative hematoxylin and eosin staining of lung tissue sections, and incidence of lung metastasis in both groups of BALB/c (nu/nu) mice (n = 9).